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1972-409,110, Print
Chairing the Members, Plate IV
1972-409,110, Print

Chairing the Members, Plate IV

Dateca. 1822
Designed and engraved by William Hogarth (1697 - 1764)
OriginEngland, London
MediumEtching and line engraving on laid paper
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1972-409,110
DescriptionUpper line engraving: "CHAIRING THE MEMBERS. Plate 4."
Lower line engraving: "Engrav'd by W. Hogarth & F. Aviline./ Published 1.st Jan.ry 1758 as the Act directs/ To the Hon.ble George Hay, one of the Lords Commissioners of the ADMIRALTY. &c. &c. _ This Plate is most humbly Inscrib'd _ By his most Obedient humble Servant. _/ Will.m Hogarth"
Label TextHogarth's copperplates were re-used after his death by his widow, Jane until her death in 1789. They were sold to the print publishers John and Josiah Boydell who published until the Boydell sale in 1818. In 1822, James Heath [THIS EDITION] was in possession of the plates and published at least four bound editions of the plates. For more, see Ronald Paulson, Hogarth's Graphic Works, Third Revised Edition (London: Print Room, 1989), pp. 20-21.